Eric Smith wrote:

> I should clarify what I said.  Flat modular line cord does not consist
> of individually twisted pairs, no matter how you run it.

  Sorry about this!  I have been working under the misapprehension that
the pin allocation on the "modular" 8-pin connectors and ribbon was
allocated as I as an engineer might have done, but find on closer
inspection that it *isn«t*.

  I have always *assumed* when looking at it, that one pair was pins, or
wires, 1 and 3 while the other pair was 2 and 6.  Putting two unused
wires between the pairs would have allowed *fair* balance.  As it is,
it«s rubbish, no contest!

  Cheers,
        Paul B.